Investigative Reports

Another Fake Degree Scandal Rocks Somaliland Presidency: Director General Caught With Diploma Mill “Masters”

Repeat of 2022 Central Bank Fraud Scandal Exposes Somaliland...

AFRICOM Commander Admits Somalia Al-Shabaab Policy Failure in Final Briefing 2025

Special Report | AFRICOM Commander General Michael Langley acknowledges...

Security Reform vs. Security Risk: Weighing the Implications of Somaliland’s Military Biometric System

Key Points Somaliland's biometric registration of security personnel aims to...

Economy

BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland

Over the past six decades, Dr. Edna Adan Ismail has been a nurse and midwife. She has spent her life fighting for maternal health...

Witness History: The Somali Pilot Ordered to Bomb his own People in Hargeisa

At the end of May 1988, rebels from the Somali National Movement launched a series of lightening attacks on cities in northern Somalia -...

Questions And Answers with Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu.

Minister Wu took questions from pool of international media reporters in Taipei on October 12th, 2022. The session was moderated by Catherine Y.M Hsu,...

Murky Refinery – How Realistic is the Proposed Oil Refinery in Berbera, Somaliland?

On April 10, 2019 the Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland Mr. Abdirahman Saylici and a delegation of cabinet ministers and other high-ranking...

Salt in Our Eyes – How The Minister of Investment conceded 150 km2 of Berbera Beach to a Shell Company

In October 2018, Somaliland's Ministry of Investment and Salternas signed an agreement to develop the world's largest solar salt production facility in Somaliland. This...

Safer Streets are Possible in Somaliland

Somaliland’s cities are vibrant and full of life and growth; why are the streets so dangerous? What do we need to do to make sure that...

DP WORLD INCREASES WATER SUPPLIES TO BERBERA, SOMALILAND

Project adds 60 percent more water to local distribution system Global trade enabler DP World on Monday launched a new water distribution center that increased...

Somaliland Government Does NOT Owe $80 Million. That is Sheer Fabrication – Somaliland’s Minister of Finance Dr. Saad Ali Shire

Following a recent meeting of the Minister of Finance Dr. Saad Ali Shire with National Assets Monitoring Committee of Somaliland Parliament, The Committee chairman...

Somaliland and Ethiopia Ties Will Always Endure

The new Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has been conducting new diplomatic approaches across the Horn of Africa. Mr. Ahmed's new administration has decided to...

Boodhari Mills: A Well Orchestrated Scam or A Legitimate Investment Opportunity?

Is the idea of building a flour plant in Somaliland with daily production capacity of 200 tons a viable and a much-needed business in...

Somaliland Government Re-Nationalizes Berbera Port Oil Terminal and Storage

In a move that is hailed as a major step in the right direction for Somaliland, today the President of Somaliland HE Muse Bihi...

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